Guidelines for implementing process safety management systems

The causes of catastrophic accidents in the process industries, now recognized as complex and interrelated, need to be matched by multi-faceted technical management systems. These principles apply to companies of any size and to a full range of industries beyond the chemical industry, such as pulp and paper, electronics, oil and gas. This book supplements the systematic approach set out in previous CCPS publications, Plant Guidelines for Technical Management of Chemical Process Safety.

Machine derived contents note: Preface. -- Acknowledgments. -- List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices. -- 1. Introduction. -- 1.1 Overview and Objective of This Book. -- 1.2 Scope. -- 1.2.1 What Kinds of Companies and Operations Are Covered? -- 1.2.2 What Information IS in This Book? What is Not? -- 1.3 How to Use This Book. -- 2. Get Management Commitment. -- 2.1 Why Get Management Commitment? -- 2.2 Getting Top-Level Commitment. -- 2.2.1 Selecting the Right Sponsor(s). -- 2.2.2 Selling the Need for PSM. -- 2.2.3 Selling the Need for Top-level Commitment. -- 2.3 Using Top-Level Commitment. -- 2.3.1 Setting Goals for PSM. -- 2.3.2 Communicating the Importance of PSM. -- 2.3.3 Providing Resources. -- Appendix 2-1 Sample Document Presenting PSM to Senior Management. -- 3. Define Goals. -- 3.1 Introduction. -- 3.2 Select PSM Framework. -- 3.2.1 CCPS Model. -- 3.2.2 Other Models. -- 3.3 Establish a PSM Team. -- 3.3.1 Who Should Be on the Ream? -- 3.3.2 How Should This Team Work? -- 3.3.3 Soliciting Team Members? Participation. -- 3.3.4 Scheduling and Organizing the First Meeting. -- 3.3.5 Conducting Team Meetings. -- 3.4 Define Company-Specific Attributes. -- 3.4.1 Characterize Compa…